Regents put second tuition freeze in legislators' hands

Board asks state for 4% hike, to add $10M to UNI budget

11:19 PM,
Nov. 19, 2013

Written by

Sara Agnew
Iowa City Press-Citizen

If all goes as planned, the Iowa state Board of Regents is expected next month to freeze Iowans' undergraduate tuition at the state's universities for the second year.

But don't start celebrating yet.

The freeze for the 2014-2015 school is contingent on two things: the Iowa Legislature approving a 4 percent increase in appropriations to the state's three universities and permanently adding $10 million to the University of Northern Iowa's base budget for fiscal year 2015. ...